and what pistorius said to him in the moment. your "new day" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, march 6th, 6:00 in the east. we're going to begin with breaking news in the ukraine. 28 nations are meeting right now in brus ls searching for a way to apply for pressure on putin. there are hearings today on sanctions that the u.s. could impose y impose yun laterally against russia. >> they are outside key government buildings in the port city of odessa. over half a dozen ukrainian

ships have been blocked. they have moved to black the entrance to a lake. this is a very interesting movie. the pro russian parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. they want it to take place in ten days' time. let's begin at the white house. >> reporter: today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. all 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. something that's also been actively repaired for right here. well, russia still insists all those system engineers aren't

russian. >> we don't accept anything that president putin said as fact. >> carefully. >> the united states and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. >> reporter: john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. they are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in international observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. the result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u.s. on its own. >> we're at a critical point. that's sending a strong message using all the political and economic levers we can pull. we'll see what happens over the next 24 hours. >> reporter: a group of senators is working on a resolution to condemn russia's actions.

today, the house foreign regulations committee will vote on its own resolution forcing putin to reverse his aggression. this as the state department put out a fact sheet called president putin's fiction. absolutely no evidence, it reads of things like threats to russians there or a humanitarian crisis. russia has agreed to continue discussions. the prime ministers have spoken. and just yesterday, vladimir putin talked to merkel about options. but what the u.s. has repeatedly asked russia to do still has not happened. >> delegates are meeting on the crisis at this hour. ukraine's interim prime minister is at the session pleading for

diplomacy. russia has refused to attend the talks. er relation is in brussels with the latest. >> reporter: it was very clear here on monday when she said that either russia deescalates or it risks damaging its relationship with europe. heads of state and government have arrived. on the table, a menu of options including freezing assets. also potential suspending negotiations over visas. so all of that being considered. any sanction needs to be met with the approval of some 28 member states unanimous approval. which could be problematic considering there are differences in thought.

countries such as germany and britain leaning toward more negotiations. it will be interesting to see what, if any, decision comes out of today's meeting. kate? >> huge lingering questions. especially the question of can they get unanimous approval as you point out. the situation in ukraine seems to grow only more volatile by the moment. now the pro russian parliament has called for a referendum this month on whether to join with russia or stay part of ukraine. let's go to the ukraine with much more. >> reporter: we are currently at a military base where tensions certainly remain high. there are russian troops behind me and dozens of transport vehicles. they arrived here on friday, 700

of them, and they are still here in full force. they've taken over the military base. the ukraine commander came out and spoke to us. he says the position remains calm but it has the potential to become extremely dangerous as they discovered last night. myly sha men surround this cafe. inside, a u.n. envoy takes shelter. his mission halted after harrowing moments. earlier pro russian men in camouflage threatened jeffrey serry at gunpoint. >> somebody who did not identify himself was telling me that he had orders to immediately bring me to the airport. i refused.

>> reporter: serry flew to safety. he says what happened to him illustrates how dangerous the conflict has become. >> i'm very, very afraid for what could happen if there is bloodshed. >> reporter: long simmering tensions are boiling over in the crimean capitol and spreading across the region. at sea, russian ships asserting their presence. the ukraine's eastern border with russia, a tug of war for control of a regional government head quarters near the hometown of ousted president viktor yanukovych. they reportedly recaptured the building hours later. and scuffles between rival demonstrate stray tors continued into the night. as you mentioned in your introduction, the crimean

parliament voted a short time ago to hold a referendum in ten days' time. the citizens here will decide whether or not they want to stay with ukraine or become a part of russia. there are very close historical ties with russia. crimea used to be part of the former soviet union. certainly from the people we were speaking to yesterday, they are very pro-russian. they want nothing to do with europe, nothing to do with the west. i think it's safe to say that these russian troops behind me won't be going anymore. >> the noninsignia soldiers, russia hasn't claimed them yet. this mystery soldier, kind of speaks to the oddness of the situation. thanks for reporting for us this morning.

with that reporting, we now want to figure out what could come next. joining us is cnn political commentator to break it all down. let's start with this proposition. a referendum, the people will decide. in crimea they want to take a vote. is that okay, is it allowed? if so, is that the right outcome in the situation. >> i think you need to have international observers if it's going to be credible. it seems to be unlikely you're going to have the legitimate kind of process you would need. right now you have a stalemate. the russians are in control of crimea, but they haven't moved into the rest of ukraine. maybe you could walk this situation back from the brink. but if russia moves towards taking legal control over the

crimea, then it seems to me we have another escalation. >> the leader says this referendum will be illegitimate. for that scary image of anna standing with the russian personnel carriers behind her, the history soldier, this referendum that could happen or not, what will ukraine do with its own democracy. you believe we may have seen the worst here. >> there's no evidence so far that putin is continuing on into the rest of ukraine. and the u.s., i think, is trying to figure out and europe trying to figure out how to strengthen the government of ukraine but also offering russia face-saving measures to move back. you have as you see the russian

ukrainian some ders right there. you have protests and various different kinds of skirmishes going on. there's a real race here between the possibility of de escalation on one hand and the possible of it gets out of control on the other. >> whether it's exaggerated, there is real tension within the country. they have real ethnic pressure they have to resolve. with time, it could go the wrong way. that's unpacking the situation in ukraine and crimea as it stands. you then have this parallel problem going on back here in the u.s. which is the optics of the politics of the situation. there is a fwroeing attack against president obama. and it is this, putin is doing what he's doing right now because of you, you are weak. you tell me, you're the expert in the area. i look at crimea and i see 2008

georgia except that was worse. president bush watched putin go in to georgia, took too much time, was criticized by people here. there was actual hostilities, actual killing. it seemed like if you were going to point the finger where did he learn he could do things without reprize l from the u.s., how do you start now and not then. >> putin did something very similar in georgia. from the russian point of view, you've seen nato's borders move from berlin all the way onto the grounds of the former soviet union. one of the things i think putin's key strategic desires was to prevent them from expanding further. by invading georgia in 2008 and

going what he's done in crimea, he's effectively stopped that march. that doesn't have anything to do with the policies of obama. putin is trying to dau a line to nato saying here and no further. >> and he got the exact same results that are being critic e criticized right now. everybody wanted to be deliberate. so it does seem they're playing politics here. that's a safe aassumption. >> nobody wants to ultimately put u.s. troops on the ground to fight in places like crimea or georgia. the russians know that and we know that. >> the only thing he does know is he's getting to watch the u.s. to attack itself. important perspective. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> relying on you in this discussion here. hopefully the worst a over.

we're going to follow ukraine, all the developments. there is also other news this morning. john? breaking overnight, an american eagle plane forced to make an emergency landing in greenville texas. they say it happened just after takeoff from the dallas ft. worth airport. one passenger tweeted, the crew kept everyone calm during the landing and evacuation. president obama selling the affordable care act to latinos. right after they announced a two-year extension. some drama at a house committee hearing on former irs official. furious that they cut off microphones before he had a chance to speak. listen to this. >> what's the big deal?

may i ask my question? may i state my statement? >> you're all free to leave, we've adjourned, but the gentleman may ask his question. >> the past year the central republican accusation -- >> we're adjourned. close it down. >> he was frustrated because lerner once again took the fifth. >> new developments now in the case of holly bo bo. sacry adams is being held without bond. he's due in court next week. authorities have not said whether her remains have finally been found. in massachusetts the state's highest court ruling in favor of a man who took up-skirt photos of female subway riders in

boston. the court says while such actions should be illegal, they're not. according to state law, the woman would have to be nude or partially nude for it to be illegal. massachusetts lawmakers now say the law needs to be rewritten. we will have much more on this later on the show. i know you've been having a hot debate on this all morning. >> been having a field day with this. how is it are you not partially nude? >> i don't know. but i do understand why this happened. there is no debate. don't let john berman throw me under the bus. >> stop pro up-skirting. >> judges don't make laws. not like we like up-skirting, this seems like a good idea, but that you drew the law in a way that doesn't capture this activity.

>> we will discuss this further. >> there's no debate. >> he's trying to get you in trouble. >> and it's working. >> you're also to blame for the weather. >> yes. >> let's go to indra petersons and take a look at what's it's looking like outside your door today. love this. you're all going to love it. temperatures climbing as we go towards the weekend. we are talking 50s. d.c., some 60s over the weekend. there are concerns. the low that's bringing rain into the gulf, that is the start maki making it's way down the coastline. there is a threat for icing and sleet. after that, smooth sailing for the weekend, unless you're in the midwest. that's where another burst of cold is coming your way. look at all this moisture from south of hawaii really pummelling itself into the

pacific northwest. a lot of mud slides already in the area and even 4 or 5 inches of rain still expected. keep in mind also is going to be the threat for avalanches. we're talking about warming, a lot of snow, and then warming again. we're still talking about avalanches over the next several weeks. you guys give me credit for 60s. hello? >> thanks i beg your pard indra new testimony at the oscar pistorius trial. what a witness saw after he entered the house. what he says the blade runner's reaction was then. plus another aggressive move by pope francis hinting at a

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welcome back to "new day." there was stunning testimony yesterday and again this morning in the murder trial of olympian oscar pistorius. it's about a doctor who was fist on the scene and it has revealed shocking details about what he saw and heard inside pistorius' house after model girlfriend reeva steenkamp was killed.

robin? >> reporter: it was very compelling. very emotional. quite shocking testimony we just heard in this courtroom. this doctor was one of oscar pistorius' neighbors. he was on the scene before the police, before the ambulances. the first description we've heard of what reeva steenkamp looked like. he described her lying on her back. he said oscar pistorius was covering a wound in reeva steenkamp's thigh and he had two of his middle fingers in her mouth. he was crying and standing over her the entire time the doctor tried to assess just how mortally wounded he was. pistorius was playing. at one time he heard him say he would give his life to god in

reeva lived. the doctor then went onto describe how he saw blood, brain matter intermingled with reeva's hair. he quickly judged that she was mortally wounded. oscar pistorius had his head sort of bowed in his hands. at one point, the sketch artist tells us who was sitting close to pistorius that he looked like he was about to start vomiting, dry heaving. before that, there was also more dramatic testimony. take a listen to this this morning, the defense laying on an aggressive cross-examination on one of pistorius' neighbors. >> your interpretation today is a designed one.

it's designed to gain opinion. >> according to notes written by johnson recently released to the court, he was woken up by a woman's call for help. >> it sounded more like panic. >> reporter: the defense ininsisting the amputee shot his girlfriend by accident and claims what johnson heard was pistorius yelling for help. >> the screaming that you heard was mr. pistorius. >> i'm convinced that i heard a lady scream. >> reporter: on wednesday, the state maintained pistorius killed steenkamp in a fit of rage prosecutors calling two owners of a restaurant and one of pistorius' friends to rehash

a january 2013 incident where a friend's gun was passed to him under a table when it accidentally went off in pistorius' hands. >> he did apologize and say are you okay, is everybody okay. >> reporter: he asked his friend to take the blame. >> i remember him saying, just just say it was you. i don't want any attention around me. >> reporter: the accidental discharge happened just a few weeks before he shot his girlfriend dead in his bathroom. pistorius has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. after the launch break, all eyes are going to be on further testimony from this doctor and of course the corrosion. >> it's being all this testimony about this shun shot a few days or weeks before this. that may not have come into an american trial.

many of you have been asking questions about the differences. there are some differences here. pistorius isn't facing a jury. right right. sut africa abolished jury trials. there were fears of racial prejudice. so instead, you have a single judge who will decide this case. and the judge in this case, a woman, will have to give clear reasons why she's decided one way or another. however, the judge is not alone. in this case, in the high court which look at only the most serious crimes, the judge has two assessors to help her. they're legal experts who do nothing but this. they sort through evidence and make all determinations of fact. what happened, when, and what's important the assessors decide. they then give those findings to

the judge. the judge must accept them, but then she rules on the case. we don't see that here in the u.s. we'll see how the system plays out. >> that was a good explanation. let's look at our bleacher report now. duke basketball upset last night by wake forest. the coach had a health scare during the became. >> at this point he's doing okay. duke says he's going to be judge fine. unfortunately the stress from last night's loss really got the better of him. they say he suffered, quote, disease spells -- dizzy spells after the game. after the game, he decided to skip the process. so while coach kay may have put

too much emotion into the game, duke didn't score a basket for 5 minutes. they ended up winning the game. this story is trending this morning on "bleacher report." it's great video of him harbaugh. he was a solid nfl as well. he slams it. in a practice session by the jayhawks. it's got to be the $8 khakis. what do you think? wearing that usual outfit. running out on the field, we know of course is a bad idea. instead of being carried off, he actually got carried around by one of the south african story

lines in the world. it looked like this bring sil january team was goining this moment. he's a south africa soccer fan. very nice for the little boy. a nice gesture i hope on the part of the brazilian soccer team. >> his dad's like oop oops. dad actually is on the pitch and then starts to pull away. the team accepted him on and obviously a memory he'll never forget. >> it doesn't hurt that he's adorable. thanks so much. one man, he was chatting with his buddy. by the way, where is he? >> the problem is kids all over like i have a great idea when i go soccer match. when we come back, poep francis hibting at significant

changes to the role of women in the church. for reel? that's what he said just ahead. plus russia's state house quits her job. we're going to hear from her and why she did it. [ as schwarzenegger ] show me the movies with the arnold schwarzenegger

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on sanctions and an aid package for ukraine. plus, the russian parliament in crimea has voted to join the russians. that vote unanimous. men time, earlier this morning, riot police faced off with pro russian demonstrators in odessa. they say sulaiman abu investigate. he does face life in prison if convicted. a high-ranking military foeshl is pleading guilty to lesser charges. jeffrey sinclair will plead guilty to having sexual

relationships with female subordinates. he would likely not face prison time. >> all right. how about this story. it seems that the pope is saying things that only he could get away with in the catholic church. pope francis seems to be opening the door to civil unions and hinting at an expansion of women's roles in the church. he is wildly popular. often it's because of what he says on issues like this. he down plays the super star status. now vatican officials are trying to down play the significance. here's the story from cnn. >> reporter: pope francis making world headlines again. this time, the pontiff discussing the possibility of civil europe yuns, maybe even between same-sex couples. >> he seems to be indicating

that he's not for same-sex marriage but he seems to be opening the door for medical issues and economic issues. >> reporter: they clarified the pope was not weighing in on the gay marriage debate, only speaking about the obligation of the state to fulfill its responsibilities towards its citizens. in this sprawling interview, francis both reiterated church policy on contraception, by also called the church to be merciful and attentive to concrete situations. he said the church needed to heighten the power of women. >> what pope francis is saying is that they need to be part of the decision-making process of the catholic church, but also it needs to be more than just functional. it needs to be integrated into who the catholic church is. >> reporter: he is changing the

image of the church and may be on the road to changing the institution himself. he warns, though, he sometimes wears a cape, but is no superman. he also can't bring about changes as quickly or grandly as some might like. >> i'll tell you, i was raised roman catholic. i'm clued into the community here dialogue. are you going to see huge changes with women in the church? maybe, but probably not. are you going to see the church saying we're okay with gay marriage? probably not. this may be just as important. when it comes to religion, i believe the dialogue is all about exclusion. it's all about negativity. and the pope is flipping that dialogue. he's saying my faith is about love. my faith is about service to others. why are you asking me about who

i don't like? i don't want to focus on those things. that may be equally powerful. it's not the predominant thinking that we see here. >> his language seems very carefully chosen to open the doors to some possibilities. it's open to interpretation so people can look at it and say it wasn't certain that he said that, but he may have. let's discuss that. >> it may take years and years for major change, as it always has for the catholic church. >> you know, being religious doesn't mean you spend all your time figuring out who's not as good as you are. coming up next on "new day," we're learning more about the florida mother who drove her minivan into the ocean. she had her three children inside as well. did she do it on purpose? on update ahead.

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that's what i'm talking about right there. [ cheers and applause ] [ female announcer ] control your tv with your voice. the x1 entertainment operating system. only from xfinity. welcome back to "new day." an american news anchor who worked for russia today quit pretty dramatically on air and now she's speaking on explaining why. she says she decided to leave because the prop began dus nature came out in full force during its ukraine coverage. we're taking a look more at this dramatic announcement. >> it's the mouthpiece of vladimir putin and kremlin interests. very big on the internet. in the last few days, there have

been two high-profile demonstrations by its anchors over the occupation in crimea. >> that is why personally i cannot be part of network funded by the russian government that whitewashes the actions of putin. i'm proud to be an american and believe in disseminating the truth. that is why after this newscast i'm resigning. >> with that, the d.c. based correspondent quit live on the air. the newscast simply ended and she walked away. soon after, she spoke to anderson cooper criticizing her network even further. >> what's clear is what's happening right now amid this country size. rt is not about the truth. >> it wasn't just a pro russia

viewpoint that bothered her, but what she viewed as an anti-american slant. >> it's about bashing america. i can no longer work here and go on television and tell the american people this is what's happening and have it pose as news. >> she was not the first rt reporter to speak out in recent days. an by martin made a shocking statement. >> just because i work here on rt doesn't mean i don't have editorial independence. what russia did was wrong. if i disagree with something that russia's doing, i will continue to speak out. they give me the complete editorial freedom to do whatever i want on my show. >> rt responded to it. they said the usual course of action is to address those

grievances with the editor and if they cannot be resolved, to quit like a professional. this editorial slant from rt is nothing new. yes the occupation of crimea is new. why she chose to do this now, that is an open question. >> was it the last straw? >> could be. >> or is it something else? we can't answer that obviously. >> we'll get insight into where she winds up next. coming up on "new day," new details about this situation. do you remember this? doesn't feel right to everybody right? now we're hearing more about a mother who drove her children straight into the ocean. we have answers for you on the other side. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard.

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we do know, though, that it is very common for people to drive on this beach. the two men involved in the rescue say they knew something was terribly wrong when they saw the van and then they heard the children screaming for help. >> it was scary. >> reporter: tim is one of the men seen here rushing toward this minivan with a pregnant woman behind the wheel and her three children inside. >> one kid was in the backseat with his arms out crying. one was on the woman's lap like wrestling the steering wheel. >> reporter: these men helped rescue the children, ages 3, 9 and 10 tuesday. the mother according to the men had a blank look on her face. >> she just kept repeating they were okay, they were fine.

>> reporter: the children survived so did the woman who police say is undergoing a mental evaluation. >> we need to determine it is a medical incident. we have to evaluate it even if it is a crisis incident, do we file charges or not. >> reporter: earlier tuesday, the woman's sister called daytona beach police after hearing her talk about demons before leaving with the children. the woman appeared to be suffering from some form of mental illness but was lucid. >> they could not do anything with her but then two hours later, it had escalated to this. >> reporter: the men say they'd move love to see the children they helped save. >> not really heros. i'm just glad we were there. we were there for a purpose at

that particular moment. and it all turned out to the good. >> reporter: now, what happened here remains under investigation. at this point, police say they are not sure if they will be filing any charges against this woman. chris and kate? >> thank you for that update. it's such a troubling story to hear for anyone, especially any parent who has to see those children getting rescued by strangers. >> they did something very brave. you see what the waves were. they definitely did great things in the most important moment. i think there's no chance it doesn't involve some type of mental break down. it will be important to find it out just for that family as they try to move forward with those kids screaming, mommy's trying to kill us. coming up, we're going to bring you the latest from the ukraine.

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it's thursday, march 6th. now 7:00 in the east. we're going to start out with our news blast, the most news you can get anywhere. let's go. all 28 european heads of state hold a special session.

>> i hope this serves as a reminder to all how dangerous the situation has become. >> hillary clinton clarifying her goals on russia. >> i tried to open the airway and look for signs of life. the politics of pot. pitting policy against patients. up first, lots of developments this morning from ukraine. european officials are desperate for diplomacy. representatives from all 28 members from the european union are there. they say a political solution is needed. that's key. no one from russia at the table. and hearings on capitol hill this morning on u.s. foreign policy toward ukraine. the house foreign affairs committee will be voting on a resolution laying out sanctions

against russia. it's a bipartisan statement from the house of representatives. the crisis is shifting west as riot police face off against protestors in odessa this morning. that's northwest of crimea where they are trying to resist an incursion from the russians. they say the russians moved a ship blocking boats. the parliament calling for a heavily pro russian. a top ukrainian official says splitting from ukraine is ill legitimate. good morning anderson, what's the situation? >> reporter: as you said, this

vote by the crimean parliament, this break away parliament, is obviously the last thing a lot of the diplomats meeting in europe want to hear. it complicates the diplomatic picture. the parliament has indicated their intention to join russia and they want to put it to a referendum in crimea. from the perspective of ukrainian government officials, the idea of having a referendum is not legal. they even said that the parliament there in crimea is not legitimate. i can tell you this is not something anybody here in kiev supports. the focus here when you talk to protestors is on trying to keep ukraine together, trying to keep it together as one country, not allow portions to break away. and people here continuely say that the pretext russia has

used, the idea that russian speaking people in eastern ukraine have been attacked or under threat is simply not the case. >> so we're not seeing any proof of that primary allegation from putin of that's why it's a humanitarian mission. that's important to get out there. what are you seeing in terms of the ibility of -- ability of people on the ground there to do the hard work? how big a distraction is it? >> reporter: i mean it's a huge distraction. the government here in kiev, it's an interim president, it's a new prime minister, young officials. it is a shaky government at best. they plan to have elections. there are several leading candidates for that. but a military confrontation, even a diplomatic confrontation with russia is certainly the last thing this new government

needs. there are serious economic issues here. there are serious corruptions. this is what the protestors fought for initially against the former regime. a lot of the protestors here, they are staying here. they're not leaving because they're not confident that the new government will institute the changes that they have demanded and died for. they're saying they're going to maintain these defensive positions in the heart of kiev until they see real change here. >> that's an important thing you've been accomplishing is that there's a lot of unfinished business in terms of stabilizing the country. anderson, thank you very much. we'll watch you tonight. appreciate the good work on the ground. >> another thing on putin's mind of course has to be sanctions. the international economic punishment that would try to prevent russia from doing

business with many countries in order to try to get him to change his mind and back down. are such sanctions really feasible when russia is so tied with regard to their trade. so the sanctions are still being considered. >> oh, yes. >> but the question has to be, are they even feasible because it's pretty tricky when it comes to russia. >> that is exactly the word i was about to use. it is tricky when you look at providing sanctions. and the reason is not just simply political or economic or geo political. can the world freeze out the russian economy. if you take a look and see exactly the nature of the trade flows that go between the different countries. that worked extremely well didn't it. let's see highway we can work out how that one comes back again. >> here i come to the rescue.

>> there's the colors. now can they work out the freeze. okay. so let's work out who has which money going in which direction. the united states has a net export/import level of about 38 billion. compare that to the eu's number which is some 480 billion. the european union has a much greater number in which it has a vested interest. look at -- just a minute. easy. easy. look at the countries we're talking about. you're talking about pepsico. you're talking about mcdonald's. beers and alcoholic beverages are in russia. and you're talking about exxon mobile along with its russia joint venture. >> when you talk about how they

are tied, this all really does come down to gas and energy, though, right? >> gas and energy. that's why here you'll see bp and exxonmobile forming so much. that's also why you'll see that very large number from the european union. 480 million net versus 38 billion net for the united states. look at this. this is the pipeline that goes across from russia where all that gas goes into ukraine and out into western europe and large parts of the european union. if we look at the countries involved -- i would try to push the picture again -- there she comes. >> there are your colors, richard. which one? >> any one. we should do this often. if you're talking about the west, you're talking about the

uk, they get very little. maybe up to 20% of their oil and gas from the ukraine. by now you start to talk about germany and this middle part and you're talking about considerably more. maybe between 40 and 80% of their natural gas comes across that pipeline we saw earlier. and then you get to the countries like the czech republic, poland, you get to these countries. now you see those flows coming through ukraine much more power any. and these countries will be badly affected. that's the way it comes together. when you put those numbers -- those numbers again, if you remember, 460 billion from -- versus europe and 38 billion versus the united states. so it's really very simple for the united states to sort of decide it wants to talk about

sanctions. it doesn't have that much to lose economically. europe has a lot to lose. >> that truly is the reality why they have been bulking and moving ahead on sanctions. do you think it's possible? >> no. in a word, i think they will fiddle around at the edges. you're talking about sanctions, asset freezes, visa restricti s restrictions. but fundamentally -- and we haven't talked about all the financial implications for, say, the city of london. what you're going to be looking at is some form of screw tightening. >> small things -- >> making it hurt so that they put pressure on putin, by full scale sanctions, you will not get the eu members like germany, like the uk to go along with. >> they actually passed a law to do exactly that.

you can go after targeted people instead of going after the overall country. if you want to understand why there's a reluctance now, you just have to look back to 2008 when russia went into georgia. >> big report out yesterday on the wealth of the world which showed the amount of wealth being spent in london. it's not going to happen in that sense. keep in mind those big companiecompanies tit for tat sanctions would hurt. >> can you do a bunch of small things that would have a cumulative affect to isolate russia enough. i don't know. >> that's exactly what they're going to try and do. turn the heat up. turn the screw. >> again, you look back, google 2008 and what happened in georgia with russia and what the u.s. wound up doing what the partners wanted, and you will

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inspectors. >> they're just making sure that the temperature is proper in the fridge and that everything is clean. >> reporter: the three star restaurant received 42 violation points. >> that seems very strange that something would change that drastically. >> reporter: they plan to appeal. chef thomas keller said in a statement, we look forward to an opportunity to address the allegations with the department of health. at that time our final grade will be determined. as with all of our rauestaurant we continue to have the highest standards at per se. >> i think it's possible to bounce back. >> reporter: did it bother you that it was grade pending tonight? >> to dine here, absolutely not. i know thomas keller's reputation. >> there you have it.

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marijuana. at least 14 states are considering the move after 20 others have already done so. why are we talking about this? here's why. dr. sanjay gupta last year made headlines by changing his opinion on medical marijuana. you say you are doubling down. the key quote, i'm more con vibsed -- i'm more convinced than ever that it is irresponsible to not provide the best care we can, care that often may involve marijuana. >> i think that this is a medicine that can provide help in situations where the modern medicine has not been able to help. it's not something for everybody just like every medicine's not for everybody. if you go around the world and look, it can provide relief for things like epilepsy in

children. in the united states, it's classified as a schedule 1 substance which means it's considered to not have any medicinal use and that's a problem. you say, look, we need to do more research. it's hard to do research on something if it's schedule 1. that means it's already deemed among the most abused substances and it's already preordained to not have any medicinal benefit. >> it seems to be part of the problem here is you are having difficulty -- the process is having difficulty separating the use of this as medicine from the exposure to the culture of marijuana use in general. >> yes. although, chris, every other medicine goes through another process which is an fda process. the whole idea that this has been a vote put on the state

ballots for people to say is this a medicine or not, that's a very unusual thing. it is what it's come down to in this country because it's the only way people have been actually able to get this as a medicine in 20 states now. you have the opium derivatives. there's concern about abuse with them as well. someone dies every 19 minutes of an accidental prescription drug overdose in this country. >> opium was the old taboo. how did they get passed the idea of how it's used recreationally to see the medicinal benefit. >> they went through some of the same things we're going through now. i don't think opium at that time was as demonstratized -- demonized as marijuana. it's not like that if you travel to other countries.

israel, for example, they're doing lots of research out there. i talked to doctors who allow their patients to take this substance into hospitals. if you're a doctor and you want to provide an option to your patients, again, when nothing else has worked, that should be an option to people. right now in the united states, it's not. >> i think everyone will remember charlotte from the first documentary and the struggle her family went through. they tried everything. this was the one thing that helped at least calm some of the seizures she was suffering. who are the people you're going to introduce us to in weed 2. you talked to more people impacted in a similar way. >> there's probably a dozen different ailments that would fit this criteria. particularly in this documentary we're going to meet a gentleman who has chronic man that is not being treated. narcotics were the only option.

they weren't working. but also a woman with ms who had significant neurological disease, wheelchair bound. these are early trials here. she is walking with me. she is walking on cobblestone streets which is difficult to walk with someone who has ms. this is a woman who lives england. >> so they have to live away from their families. >> if you go no colorado for example to get the medicine, it works, you're stuck. >> you can't take it out. >> even if it's a nonpsycho active oil, you take it out of the state, you're eligible for drug trafficking. >> i sense a great deal of frustration this time in your writing. >> there's so many people coming out and talking about this.

you know pete carol said he's considering. >> because there's evidence it helps with concussions. >> that's right. in fact, the united states holds a patent on marijuana for that very reason, as a neuro protect aunt against stroke and trauma. obama has said look, i don't think it's anymore dangerous than alcohol. i think it can stand on its own merits. but that's part of the frustration. people are saying one thing but then acting very differently. >> often, negativity becomes a proxy for insight. people don't like pot so they don't want to listen to what you're saying. >> that's right. >> yes, i like sanjay, but you're saying if for categories of real illness you're limiting the discussion to and when nothing else has worked.

people aren't hearing that part. >> and you're not diminishing the risks. >> we're just saying look, if you look at the stories and look at the science, maybe you haven't found the science in this country, look around the world and see what's happening here. let's not deny care to people who legitimately need it. i'm not naive. i know there's people that are going to say they have ailments to get it. >> how do you look the woman in the eye and say, sorry sm. >> yeah. these kid, there's not the psycho active component. >> you got to see the new documentary. >> if you care about the issue, you should care about learning about the issue. so sanjay's documentary, including the science of what marijuana does to the body and

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welcome back to "new day." hillary clinton is now setting the record straight. the former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender now clarifying comments that she compared vladimir putin's tactics in ukraine to those used by hitler. here's more on the story. >> hillary clinton clarifying her thoughts on russia. >> i just want everybody to have historic perspective. >> after comments she gave at a prooit event tuesday made headlines. she compared vladimir putin's incursion into ukraine to what

nazi germany did before world war ii. >> this sounds familiar to what hitler did back in the '30s. all the germans, you know, the ethnic germans, hitler said they're not being treated right, i must go and protect my people. >> at ucla wednesday, clinton softened her wording, but stuck to the idea. >> i am recommending that we perhaps can learn from this tactic that has been used before. >> and some prominent republicans backed her up. senator john mccain tweeted she's right on this comparison. potential 2016 candidate senator marco rubio told reporters i

think the point she was making is similar to the argument that hitler made in the 1930s. but others worked to tie clinton to her floundering relationship with russia while she was secretary of state. >> this is a fresh start. >> clinton pushed back on the criticism that she and obama were naive. >> i know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin. i said when i was still secretary that his goal is to resoviet ize russia's periphery. he is threatening instability and even the peace of europe. >> cnn washington. >> why so strong? what does it mean for hillary? let's bring in two of our big

shot political commentators. paul, i must advise you was a one-time advisor of the pro western -- thank you, buddy. i mangled it, paul. i don't think it gives you bias in the situation and i'll give you an equal beating any way. why is she making this comparison between vladimir putin and hitler? is this to show that she's strong? what is she about? >> it's what she is. hilla hillary's strong. she always operates from a position of strength. she's historically accurate. i think marco rubio is praising her. some of our friends on the republican friends have compared

our president and health care for working people to hitler. >> why do you think she's doing this? is this a way of separating herself from the obama strategies in play? >> she -- she compared -- she made the hitler-putin comparison before she didn't make the hitler-putin comparison. when she did get the support of john mccain and marco rubio, it made her think twice if this is what she wanted to be doing. paul just took a shot there and folks that make a comparison between obama and health care and hitler. up until yesterday you had a candidate in texas who was running a democrat candidate, who walked around the street of houston comparing obama to hitler. >> she's not a democrat. >> okay. she was running as a democrat. >> right but she's --

>> the point is that people have to be very careful with hitler comparisons and that there is a political correctness aspect to hill letter comparisons because what he did was beyond the pale unique in history. some of the aspects she was drawing on are equivalent and a good comparison. >> let's get at what's really going on here. it comes down to a phrase called the russian reset. i'm going to play some sound during this. do we have mcconnell and boehner? i want to let you listen to this. go ahead. >> when it comes to the president's foreign policy, can you think of anyplace in the world where we're better off now than we were when he came to office? >> with regard to ukraine, steps that have not been taken over

the last three or four years, frankly, allowed putin to believe that he could do what he is doing without -- without -- without any reaction from us. >> now, i'm using these two guys because they're leaders and they were here in 2008. here's what i don't like about the situation. the idea that president obama lit putin's fire, gave him the idea that he could do something like this in ukraine rings hollow to me if you were alive in 2007. georgia is an exact analogy to what's happening here except it was worse. the president, bush was criticized much more. so to blame president obama for starting this seems to me to be petty politics at play. you tell me why i'm wrong. >> i don't think anybody lit this idea in putin.

let's put it into context. the guy is a soviet kgb agent. >> but everyone's saying it. >> what they're saying i think is different. they're saying because there's been so many instances where this administration has seemed to flinch, to blink, to not have a resolute direction on foreign policy, that that has been, you know, given us a perception of weakness. >> right. but you did say he's made it worse. >> that we engendered this idea -- >> that's what they said. that's what you just heard in the sound bites. lindsey graham says putin did it because of benghazi. is it irresponsible to ignore what president bush did in 2008 if you want to talk about who started putin's boldness? >> i will say, anna's friend,

senator john mccain -- >> always. always. he's been the strongest on this. >> you have to give him credit for consistency. this whole notion that somehow the american president either invites or prevents russian action is really juvenile. dwight eisenhower saved the world. guess what, the soviet union moved on hungary in 1956. they do what they do. we have to defend our interests and to be strong. but the notion that somehow this president or president bush was at fault for what putin does is really nuts. >> i'm saying if you want to start a time line, you can't start with obama. it's just factually wrong. anna, i'll give you the last word. it's a big reason why robert

gates is coming out now and telling republicans, calm down with the criticism about obama. calm down. that means a lot to me that he's saying it. >> well, you know, listen, robert gates remember served both bush and obama. so robert gates has taken it from both sides in different administrations. the point is that when you start drawing headlines, when you start issuing strong warnings and nothing happens, when you do it again, nobody believes you. you do it over and over again, by the time you do it and the wolf is really there, nobody believes you. i think that's the point that republicans are making. you can't be drawing red lines and flinching. you can't say chemical use in syria is a game changer and then have nothing happen. >> fair criticism. you should stick to those things as opposed to saying you created

putin. if you want to know what i know influences putin, watching republicans attack the sitting president instead of working with him is certainly going to influence him. >> i'm with john mccain. >> you know who had that kind of -- >> yeah, george w. bush. >> thank you very much. coming up next on "new day," we have breaking news this morning, the president just now issuing an executive order freezing assets of those supporting the takeover in ukraine. we're going to have a live report on what this could mean to the situation on the ground just ahead. and also this is ahead. lower your hoodie. a sign posted in an indiana mall is stirring controversy. good policy or just plain offensive? we'll discuss. so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying.

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breaking news this morning. president obama ordering involved in de stabilizing - ukraine. this is just out from the white house. let's get straight over to the white house where we're life with the details on this. what are the details of these sanctions? >> reporter: this has turned out to be a big day for diplomacy and action against russia. the u.s. has led the way with the president just signing this order. he's declaring a national emergency to deal with the threat and also ordering sanctions. first of all, to freeze the assets and property within the u.s. of any person. so keep in mind, this is an order sanctioning individuals who have been deemed by the u.s. government to be responsible for undermining democratic processes in ukraine, to contributing to instability there, or to be seen

as miss appropriating state assets. this goes further to visa bans. i haven't had time to read the entire order. but it looks like the u.s. is now restricting entry to certain people who are deemed by the government to have contributed to the things that we just mentioned. basically anybody seen as having contributing to the situation deteriorating in the ukraine right now. we're going to take a look at it and digest it. the president also just issued a memo to congress explaining what action was just taken. this is really the first sanctioning we're seen. the government has been talking about it for the past several days. we knew they were preparing something and now we see it today. >> this is also key because -- this is one of thefy options that the administration had without the assistance or an act

of congress. this has been discussed for a little while as one of the options, freezing visas and access to u.s. financial institutions. >> it looked like it was going to be another day of diplomacy. yesterday, administration officials were really emphasizing dialogue. each time, they've emphasized diplomacy. let's meet, let's make sure we can get russia to sit down with ukraine. yesterday, russia refused to do that. foreign ministers were meeting, but russia declined to meet directly with ukraine. obviously, the diplomacy, it's not working. although some ministers have said it seems to be working in certain ways. now we see the u.s. looking to impose these sanctions now rather than waiting another day. we're seeing all 28 european

heads of state gathering in a special section. and they may impose sanctions on russia today. that is looking like it was going to happen. even though countries like france, germany and the uk were opposed at least moderately to sanctions. but the u.s. now has decided to go ahead and be the first one to enact something. we're going to go through all the sections of this. in the first read, we're seeing the freezing of assets and property within the u.s. of people who are deemed to contribute to the poor situation in the ukraine and also to deny entry to those same people. doesn't name names, but it takes that initial step, kate. >> this goes right along with what the white house has said, moving to isolate russia in order to force putin's hand. we'll see reaction from capitol hill and

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welcome back. i direct you to these signs prominently displayed at the entrances of the mounds mall in anderson, indiana. they warn visitors for the safety and well-being of everyone, please lower your hoody. and if you choose not to comply, you must be shown the door. cnn legal analyst sunny host sin

here with some choice thoughts on this situation. sometimes things are what they are. they are just a policy. sometimes they are about something else. so i suggest, let's step past the obvious here. this is not about a sign. it's not about a mall's right to make a rule. it's about what the rule is, okay? >> sure. >> i will argue in favor of the mall's rule. you take the other side because it really is about the two sides. here's my side. i've got to start, though. the mall says we've had it in place since 2004 so don't hit me with the trayvon martin case and i've had it in place because the local police like it, in'd they feel it makes it easier to fight crime because it allows people to not conceal themselves. wear your hoody. just don't have it concealing your face so i can identify you in case anything happens. >> i think the bottom line is we know what this is about. this is about the pretext for being able to stop young

african-american males. hoody is code for thug in many places. and i think businesses shouldn't be in the business of telling people what to wear. the 14th amendment protects us from this. this is akin in my view to stop and frisk, to the pretext of stop and frisk, and i think many courts have found that this type of behavior is unacceptable and downright unconstitutional. remember the saggy pants ban. >> saggy pants. >> that a lot of places tried to enforce. and that again was code for black men, please don't wear this. and so i suspect that this will be found unconstitutional because, quite frankly it is. and when do we get to a place in our society where we stop doing this kind of thing, where we stop targeting young black men so that there's a pretext for it being allowed to stop them to escort them out of a mall simply by what they are wearing. >> the other side is why do you assume that only blacks wear

hoodies. that is not true. that is not provable. so you are making a cultural distinction yourself. also, the local police like it which means they see a cross-section between crimes they investigate and, you know, the kind of concealing of one's identity using a hoodie, and you don't want to own part of the problem in the first place, which is if there are a lot of black kids by your own designation who wind up wearing hoodies and getting in trouble, why don't you deal with the fact you have a disproportionate number of blacks getting in trouble and fix that. don't fix me for having to deal with that? >> that's always the argument. that's always their argument. and i think actually that argument is suspect because we know that, you know, a lot of young black men in stop and frisk programs are targeted for offenses that white kids aren't. >> this isn't stop and frisk. >> but it is. >> it's pull off the hood. >> but it is. why are hoodies inherently unsafe.

>> not a hoodie. covering your face. >> then why aren't caps in this instance? >> because it doesn't cover your face. >> of course they do. of course they do. >> it's on top of your head. this is something you pull over that masks your identity. >> if you are going to outlaw hoodies in this mall then you should outlaw baseball caps, any kind of head gear. ski mask. and just anything. and so to identify just hoodies in my view, is very, very clear what we're talking about here. we're talking about racial profiling. it's code for racial profiling. i think when you look at the sign and the sign says for the safety and well-being of everyone, please lower your hoodie. are hoodies -- do they make you unwell? are they inherently unsafe? of course, they are not. >> why aren't you making a point that why is the hoodie black? >> well, that goes without saying. why couldn't there be a black circle with a white hoodie. that hurt myself whole position there. forget what i said.

these seem to be the two sides of the situation. it's obviously a debate. you happen to be dead straight on whether it would be constitutional because the baggy pants thing. there was some nudity. no shirt, no shoes, that's okay. but the saggy pants when it seems to be a fashion attack with no underlying reason it has to be a nudity play. >> this is a fashion attack for no reason and i think this is a pretext. it's a pretext for racial profiling. >> thank you for laying it out. >> no question in my mind. >> there's always a question. the question is, what do you think? use the #newday. those are the two sides. president obama just ordered sanctions against russia and ukrainian officials who are responsible for the crisis in ukraine. we're going to be live with "crossfire" host newt gingrich who recently blasted the president's policy there. but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% saw improved skin.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, march 6th. 8:00 in the east. breaking news this morning. president obama leveling sanctions against parties responsible for the crisis in ukraine. by executive order. let's get straight back to michelle coska sinsky live at t white house. >> today was supposed to be and is a big day for diplomacy. meetings are going on in the eu. here in our country, we're seeing the house and senate talking about resolutions to impose sanctions. well, this morning, the u.s. has decided to take the lead, going beyond talk and acting, imposing sanctions. this executive order that the president signed and we've just received, he declares a national emergency to deal with the threat in ukraine.

as for these sanctions, freezing the assets in the first instance of anyone deemed by the u.s. government to be involved in. i'm just going to read from the order because it explains it concisely. actions or policies that's undermine democratic processes in ukraine. that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or territorial integrity of ukraine or the misappropriation of state assets there. further it banns entry to the u.s. of anybody deemed to fall under those categories and also bans funding or donations to those same people. so in this order, and in the accompanying message to congress that explains it, president obama is not naming any names. these are individuals that are targeted. but we are beyond diplomacy now. the u.s. is the first nation to act and impose these sanctions. >> michelle, thanks for that update on breaking news this morning. thank you.

>> the situation in ukraine growing more volatile by the moment. riot police facing off in odessa, about 50 miles northwest of crimea where ukrainians have been trying to resist a russian incursion. the new pro-russian parliament voted to leave ukraine. now they want to put the issue to a referendum, a popular vote. they want to do it in just ten days, despite objections from ukrainian officials. cnn's anna korn is in ukraine with more. >> reporter: a short time ago, the crimean parliament voted to hold a reverend num ten days time which will allow citizens to decide if they want to stay with ukraine or become part of russia. there are close historical and cultural ties between crimea and russia. used to be part of the former soviet union until 1954. and then when it dissolved it stayed with ukraine. but 60% of the people here in

crimea are russian speaking. and from the people that we have spoken to, they are extremely pro-russian and they have much closer ties with russia than with the west. so we are here at a military base on the outskirts of the region's capital simferopol. these russian troops behind me if this referendum goes ahead in favor of russia, these troops won't be going anywhere. back to you, chris and kate. >> those are the same russian, i use the quote sign, because putin hasn't acknowledged they are his men adding confusion to the situation. let's bring in newt gingrich the host of cnn's "crossfire." great to have you with us. >> great to be here. >> as we watch this situation evolve, we're covering that. there's a parallel situation going on at home almost equally as ugly. it's being called the russia reset. what it appears to me to be

republicans saying if you want to know why putin is doing this in ukraine, it's as easy as just looking at the policy of president obama because he gave birth to this situation. do you believe that's fair? >> i think part of putin's calculations are the isolation of president obama and secretary clinton, secretary kerry. he sees some of that in europe right now. so i think there's a relationship there. look. putin is a former kgb colonel. described by bob gates as a stone-cold killer. i think that you have to start realistically. putin is going to do what he can get away with and the question is whether or not the americans can find strategies that make it very expensive for him. but i don't blame president obama. that's unfair. but i do think american confusion and american weakness tempts putin into being more aggressive. i think that gets more dangerous the longer it goes on. >> and i think that it is

equally dangerous for republicans to make the case right now that this is because of president obama when they know very well in 2008, you had the same situation except worse where putin went into georgia, president bush was criticized for not doing enough, certainly not moving as quickly as the u.s. is right now, and the republicans said nothing. lindsey graham. john mccain must always be accepted from this. he's always been strong against putin. but the republicans are playing politics trying to say the president started it. is that irresponsible? >> look, i think it's an exaggeration to say that obama in any way started this. i think he desperately wishes it wasn't happening. i think secretary kerry wishes it wasn't happening. a more productive question is, and what i've been trying to get republicans to do is focus on, what can we do? there are a number of strategic steps that can cost putin an enormous amount. and that are much more real and

much more practical than symbolic acts. >> amen, amen, i say. and i also ask, why aren't they offering those solutions. i get playing that game here at home, newt. domestically, within the family, so to speak. have your fights. but now you're putting out in the international theater. you want to talk about what putin is going to use as energy. how about that attack iing your fellow republicans. >> speaker boehner almost immediately said this is the moment for the president by executive order to lift the ban on selling american national gas to europe. that's a practical, very real step, one john boehner has proposed that i think is exactly correct. i'd be much more impressed if the president's executive order this morning began to move to expand american energy supplies. the greatest thing you can do to hurt putin is reduce his

enormous impact in western europe where germany gets 30% of its gas from russian. the germans do not want to make putin mad enough he cuts off their national gas supply. there are things we can do that are real. i think republicans ought to focus on those things but i also think the president has been derelict in not focusing on real things as opposed to symbolic liberalism that sounds good but doesn't accomplish much. >> i think the national gas is a good idea. you have to think about how quickly you can do it and if the impact would get the intend outcome with putin. i also think it's not necessarily just incumbent upon you, although you are one of the elders of the intellectual standpoint of the republican party. but again, you look back in 2008. nancy pelosi and george bush weren't getting along very well, but the democrats work with the white house. they weren't hostile in a situation where they were

killing people in georgia. it was worse than this. here you have republicans obstructing, only talking about the negative, not offering up solutions like you are right now. and i think what bob gates is doing, which who was defense secretary under bush and also under obama is right. he's saying slow down attacking obama. it's not as easy as you think. try to think some solutions up. does that message have to be louder than having lindsey graham say if you look at benghazi, that's why putin is doing what he's doing. too far. >> maybe too far but i think there are steps, frankly, republicans have been trying to take. and if you prove the keystone pipeline you help marginally lower the price of gas. look at what secretary clinton said comparing putin in hitler. do we need a bigger military than a smaller military? there's a lot of practical debate here that's legitimate and real between automatically saying, gee, we're not allowed to criticize and on the other hand having nothing to offer but

criticism. there are practical, real things we can do that would in the long run have an enormous impact on putin and would teach him this is a very expensive proposition. >> i agree n understand what you are saying. the final question is, do you believe that republicans are driving the debate right now the way they should? looking at these productive ways to do better in these relationships, finding ways out of this, or do you believe they're not having the right kind of debate? >> look, i think having a debate on how we dramatically reduce putin's capacity is important. having the house republicans bring forward a bill that has a whole series of practical, real steps, designed to drive down the price of oil and gasoline and to wean europe away from dependency on putin and, frankly, to help the ukrainians develop their own natural gas assets so they don't need russian -- but my prediction is you'll see a lot of symbol irk dancing, a lot of tiny steps and about two weeks a referendum and

crimea will vote to become part of russia. >> the question is whether that's respected by ukraine. right now they're saying it would be illegitimate. hopefully the debate does change because one thing is clear in terms of the message to putin and everybody else. we are not united here in the united states right now. newt gingrich, thank you for the perspective. appreciate it. john, let's get over to you. >> we have some breaking news dealing with the crasis in ukraine. we've just learned secretary of state john kerry is meeting with his russian counterpart sergei laugh officer in rome right now. they are discussing russia's intervention. this meeting comes immediately after the white house announced those sanctions against parties responsible for the crisis. the secretary of state is currently in rome for a conference on libya. he and laugh officer avrov are e sidelines. quite a scare for passengers on board an american eagle jet forced to make an emergency landing just minutes after takeoff from dallas-ft. worth

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above normal temperatures. and now a lot of rain headed their way. of course, not just mud slides but concern for avalanches in the region. a lot going on weatherwise. >> already active avalanches. >> deepening warm, cold, warm, cold, repeat, repeat. >> thanks, indra. coming up, more dramatic testimony at the oscar pistorius murder trial. and a doctor described his girlfriend's fatal wounds. what did pistorius say to the first person on the scene? very important to the case. we'll tell you. plus, disturbing new details about the florida mother who drove her minivan into the ocean with her and her three children inside. did she do it on purpose? we have a live report with new updates ahead. command performance sales event has begun. choose your adventure, and take command of the road. ♪ with the highly capable gx, lx and rx.

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blockbuster testimony in the oscar pistorius trial. he was appearing to convulse, cover has ears as the doctor and first respondent to the scene went into detail about reeva steenkamp and the screaming he heard. when those streams happened and whose screams they were is becoming a key point in the trial. joining us now paul callan and danny. you are both united on this first issue, which was a big part of the trial has become this other incident before the shooting and accidental bullet that went off from oscar pistorius at a restaurant or something. probably wouldn't even make it into an american trial but from the prosecution perspective, what does it mean? >> you are right. it wouldn't make it into a american criminal trial because prior bad behavior is not

admissible unless a defendant takes the stand. he's a trigger happy hothead and it's quite within his character set to lose his temper and to treat a gun sort of recklessly as he did in the restaurant. he was passing a gun from one person to another under a table and it went off. so he, obviously, treats weapons sort of cavalierly. >> danny, how does that equate with being a killer? >> well, i would argue it doesn't because an accidental discharge in a restaurant really doesn't go to the issue of, what was going on in his mind when there's no question that he intentionally fired the weapon. so this prior charge, this restaurant incident, it really isn't -- it sort of -- it doesn't feel fair that he's being charged and essentially held to answer for two separate incidents when, in reality, one accidental discharge just goes to someone's negligence handling a weapon. this discharge, there's no

question it was intentional. the real question is, what was in his heart and his mind when he pulled that trigger outside the door. >> we keep making a lot about how he behaves during the trial. that he seems so upset by what he hears and it seems to be genuine to those who are observing it. how is the prosecution going to deal with that? are they going to ignore it or use it somehow? >> i think they are going to totally ignore it. i've been involved in many murder cases, as i'm sure danny has, where there's a lot of emotion in a courtroom. and sometimes the jury or in this case, the judge, reacts badly to it. if the judge thinks this is a put-on and if he's a little over the top with going into these tears and convulsions, i think it's going to backfire. pistorius has talked about nothing but this case for months. his life has been turned upside down with it. he's had time to get accommodated to it. i'm very surprised by these reactions. they sound staged to me.

>> so now we get other testimony from someone else who says they heard voices. charles johnson. and the issue becomes, danny, first of all, three people lining up who said they hear screams before there was gunfire which is not good for you in terms of setting this aups something random where pistorius didn't know who he was shooting at. but the issue becomes with johnson, he took notes about what he heard and they weren't admitted into evidence by the prosecution. how does the defense use that? >> to an american lawyer, this seems to violate the rules of discovery because you can hear the defense attorney asking him, where are these notes? why haven't we seen them yet? to an american attorney that would sound like a discovery violation right away. but in this case, you can see how with witnesses, every prior statement you make, whether to police or notes that you take down is a statement that later on if you don't testify consistently with, a defense attorney can exploit those inconsistencies. and the ultimate question is, at what point sdo do we accept some

minor inconsistencies between stories sdoer it cross over to the other side where those major inconsistencies then become fatal. there's not a jury. there's a judge who is probably seen inconsistencies before and she may give them the weight that they deserve. >> now the big issue is, at this point in the trial, even though it's early and we heard from our legal expert down there, it could take many months given how many witnesses are on the agenda, but the question becomes that you've seen a lot of testimony that goes to the main thrust of the prosecution's case which is that this wasn't random and accidental. how well do you think they've done so far? >> i think the prosecution is doing a good job and laying out the basis for this case. i mean, they are establishing that his story looks to be extremely implausible. the neighbors hear a woman screaming and this neighbor who testified earlier today really did well, i think, for the prosecution because he said i

heard a woman and a man. because, remember, barry rue has tried to say that was pistorius screaming. when he screams, he screams like a woman. and the doctor says, no, i heard from a woman and a man. if she is screaming after the shots are fired, then pistorius, obviously, knows who is behind that door and he continues firing the fatal shot. so i think the prosecution is doing okay at this stage in the trial. >> danny, the prosecution softened up on the prosthetics. they said maybe he didn't have them on which seems it could help a little bit when they get to ballistics. but all this screaming, what do you do with that? >> you know you apply the science. and all the major studies show that with earwitnesses. we don't have eyewitnesses. we have earwitnesses. all the factors that can challenge the credibility are present here. a tremendous distance. you may have at least one of the

screamers behind a closed door with a closed window. you have people who are not necessarily familiar with the voices of the alleged two screamers. so you have a lot of factors that have been shown scientifically to affect the credibility of earwitness testimony. the defense needs to exploit those and exploit those hard. otherwise a lot of these witnesses are really sticking to their story. >> i'd like to know one thing. does cevallos scream like a girl? >> depends on the situation. >> stop it. he never screams. he's afraid of nothing. fear is a choice. i've never heard it introduced into a trial before from defense or prosecution about how someone screams and whether it sounds male or female. >> it's pretty strange. let's face it. you and i could sit here and do a high-pitched scream. you can fake that in f you waf o test it. >> i don't think danny screams like a girl, but you never know. >> i think it's sexist even to

suggest it. >> i say thank you to paul callan and danny cevallas, and i apologize. >> oh, yeah? >> i apologize for the reference that screaming like a woman is somehow less than screaming like a man is offensive. >> i meant to say not that there's anything wrong with that. >> no, i want to throw you under the bus. >> it's all right. we'll have a talk in the break and see who screams like a girl. coming up next -- she was hearing demons. that's what she says. that's what family members say about the woman who drove with her three children into -- in the car into the ocean. she drove her minivan straight into the ocean. we'll have more on that investigation coming up. also nice how can this be legal, i ask you. one state supreme court says it's okay under the law to take a picture up a woman's skirt. we'll tell you where and why.

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welcome back. time for the five things you need to know for your "new day." president obama leveling sanctions against those the white house says are responsible for the crisis in ukraine. this came after crimea's new lawmaker scheduled a referendum to become part of russia. more testimony in the oscar pistorius trial. the doctor first on the scene revealed startling details about what he saw inside the house when reeva steenkamp was killed. and that pistorius told him he thought she was a burglar. president obama is attending a town hall to sell his health care law to latinos. they also announced extensions for some policy avoigd cancellations in an election year. a number of white house hopefuls take the stage for the conservative political action conference, cpac. chris christo and jindal and ted cruz and marco rubio all on today's schedule. sweeping changes to the

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>> it was scary. the water was so rough, so windy. >> tim is one of the men seen here rushing toward this minivan with a pregnant woman behind the wheel and her three children inside. >> one kid was in the back seat with his arms up crying. and one kid was on the mother's lap like wrestling her for the steering wheel trying to steer her away from the ocean. >> tessener and stacey robinson helped rescue the children, ages 3, 9 and 10, tuesday, in daytona beach, florida. the mother, according to the men, had a blank look on her face. >> she wasn't saying much past that they were okay. she just kept repeating they were okay. they were fine. >> the children survived. so did the woman who police say is undergoing a mental evaluation. >> we need to determine if it's a medical incidence. is it a mental incident? also, at this time, we have to evaluate it, even if it is a

crisis incident, do we file charges or not? >> reporter: earlier tuesday, the woman's sister called daytona beach police after hearing her talk about demons before leaving with the children. when police caught up with her the woman appeared to be suffering from some form of mental illness but was lucid. the children, police noted, showed no signs of distress. >> they could not do anything with her. but then two hours tlaert had escalated to this. >> rob sinn and tessener would love to see the children they helped save. as for whether they're heroes. >> not really a hero. i'm just glad that we were there. i'm glad stacey was there at the right time. and i was there. we were there for a purpose at that particular moment, and it all turned out to the good. >> the investigation into what happened here continues. meanwhile, police say they're not sure if this woman will be facing any charges.

kate and chris? >> alina, just as you are saying this, we can see a car driving behind you on the beach. it's not unusual that that happens, but definitely not like that. >> everything about this situation is unusual. but they'll figure it out. coming up on "new day," here's a headline for you. secretly taking pictures up someone's skirt or under their clothing is legal in massachusetts. sounds outrageous because it is. but that's what the state supreme court ruled. we'll tell you why it came out that way and whether it still makes no sense. spokesperson: the volkswagen passat tdi clean diesel can go 795 highway miles on a single tank. huh... so you could drive from los angeles all the way philadelphia with just three stops for fuel. that's just a hop, skip, and a jump. try that in another midsize sedan. it's more of a hop... a skip... a jump... a leap... maybe a schlep... probably a hurdle... a little bit of a trek... avo: during the tdi clean diesel event, get a $1,000 fuel reward card

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a shocking court ruling out of massachusetts. the state supreme court has ruled that it is legal to upskirt, as they call it, someone, which means it's okay to secretly record images under someone's skirt or dress. the state highest court handed down the ruling after dismissing charges against a man accused of upskirting different women on boston's transit system. there's more to this, of course, as there always is. let's discuss. joining us now, radio talk show host mel robins. where do we even begin? this defies logic. >> let's begin with the good news. >> tell me the good news. i am wearing a skirt today and now i'm nervous. >> the good news is here in boston, it's about 20 degrees so most women are wearing snow pants today. and it's not, you know, summer where you are wearing a sun dress and a thong. but this is a crazy case. where do you want to begin? >> how did the court reach this conclusion first and then we'll talk about if they did a good

job. how did they reach this conclusion? >> okay, great. so there are peeping tom laws all across the country. of course, there's one here in massachusetts which basically makes it illegal to spy on or take pictures of people that are nude or partially nude. what the court did here is said a woman wearing a skirt isn't nude and she's not partially nude either. she's covered up. therefore, the law doesn't apply. that was their reasoning. >> so it turns on a couple of things. and i don't agree with either of them, but i'm often wrong. so it turns on this idea of an expectation of privacy and then also on the definition of nude or partially nude. i would argue, i would expect my undergarments are private. i would also expect that when you are under my skirt, that's me being partially nude, at least. >> you know, i totally agree with you, kate. and i even went so far as to

look up the gender of the supreme judicial court. i thought if this is seven dudes, someone needs to show them that upskirting a woman is the equivalent of sticking a phone down your pants. i found it's actually four guys and three women. and the truth of the matter is, that i believe just like you do, kate, that they could have easily said, okay. a woman underneath her skirt is partially nude, end of story. and when somebody who is creepy takes a phone and sticks it up underneath the skirt, that is exactly the kind of behavior that peeping tom laws were trying to criminalize. when i was in law school here in boston, i had a peeping tom. i had a guy, i'm assuming it was a guy, who was outside my first floor window. i could feel somebody was there. i called my neighbor. we went outside, it was snowing and there were footprints outside the window of my bedroom. terrifying. that sense of violation is the same thing these women that are on the subway are having happen.

so i think this is a total cop out. but there is good news. you want to hear it? >> please. other than the fact we're calling the bad weather good news, which shows how bad this story is. what's the other good news. please tell me they're going to change the law. >> the other good news, kate is that, i think this is a wake-up call. not only for the state of massachusetts but for everybody. because our current laws simply do not address what's going on with technology. and so i predict by the end of next week, certainly before the spring when skirt season hits boston, they'll have changed the law to apply. but i think ahead, kate. i think, what happens five years from now when people are wearing google glasses and they are recording everything that's going on. and this is just the precursor to, i'm sure, many conversations that you and i are going to have. this was the hot topic last night and the pick-up line at the elementary school. >> i am sorry i even had to learn what upskirt was. i didn't even know. i don't know why. thankfully i've never had to know what that meant.

bottom line, this guy who i think is deserving of us actually saying his name, once and for all, michael s. robertson, 32 of andover who is involved in this, he's going to get off scot-free? >> correct. he absolutely will. and he's probably riding the subway right now. it also reminds me of that air marshal. last year in october we had the guy who was supposed to be protecting passengers doing the same thing on a southwest flight. thankfully they didn't land in massachusetts or he would have gotten off, too. >> i hope this is a wake-up call. defies logic. also why we're talking about it and i hope this starts on the grassroots ground level of people saying this is ridiculous. if -- our laws need to be logical and applied in the right way because it sound like a violation even us having to discuss. mel, you look fabulous. hope you're wearing pants today, girl. i'll talk to you, soon. >> you know i am. see you later. >> gentlemen?

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bangor high school in chicago is face something -- has face someday huge challenges. seen at one point as the most violent and lowest performing schools in the city. principal liz dosier is also faced with some unbelievable situations, just like this one. >> you don't know what happened? >> no. >> how many shots were fired? >> like three. >> and you don't know what direction they were shooting in? >> he was like, no, i don't know what's going on. >> were they from a car or just walking by? >> just feem just like walking, i believe. >> and started shooting? >> yeah. >> it's hell. >> crazy as hell. unbelievable she has to deal with this on a daily basis. dosier has been a game-changer for her students since she joined the school five years ago, overhauling how they handle

gang violence. she's featured in the new cnn series "chicagoland" which premieres tonight. it's so great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> as we want to talk about the progress and how you change the school and people get a sense of it when they see the series. to understand how far you've come, they need to understand what you came into facing. what was the school like when you came in? >> a few quick stats if you look at our 1first year. close to 300 arrests inside the school building. a 20% dropout rate. we're a model for restorative justice in the country. below 3% in terms of dropout rate. and kids are going to college and becoming successful. >> liz, a lot of principals have to deal with so many things. low performing students, attendance problems, even bullying and all the cliques. you were dealing with death, gang violence in your school.

kids shooting other kids. do you believe this was part of your job? >> yeah, so i think it's important to say this is not something that happens every day. there's not shootings happening every day but unfortunately this is a reality that happens within not only chicago but across the country. and so it's really how we respond and so making sure we're building relationships with kids. making sure that we actually have things in place, that they're able to talk things out and not resort to violent acts. >> chicago is known for its gang culture. the population of them, the amount of time they've been, even the cabrini green homes are gone it's become like somewhat of a metaphor for the problem in the country. do you think it's fair to distinguish chicago that way and why do you think the gang problems are as bad there as it is? >> if you look at the stats in terms of crime in the city and gang violence, things have actually gone down. we don't know about that or talk about that.

that's a fact. and i know about my pocket there at the high school, relationships matter. at the end of the day these are children. sometimes we label them as, this kid is in a gang or gang banger. this is a child. it's incumbent upon us as the adults to reach out, build that relationship and show them something different so they can realize the promise and possibility for themselves. i've seen a child who was in a gang heavily involved in things now off to college. it's completely possible if the adults are all pulling in the same direction. >> let's talk about the progress you've made. do you deal with the violence? do you deal with the external factors on one track and then try to teach the kids the things they need to know, reading, writhe arithmetic on the other side? >> it's important to have things built in to the school. anger management, grief counseling, the b.a.m. program, becoming a man. having this built within the course of the day while instruction is happening.

at the end of the day, the kids need to be college ready. >> you are teaching them to be people, not just students anymore. the job has changed. >> yeah, the job has changed across the country. it's not just our high school. it's across the country looking at how do you develop good citizens. >> your story is inspiring. and it's also, some would say, you've stolen the show in this series. folks will see when it premieres tonight. one person you've inspired, robert redford. take a listen to what robert redford had to say. >> what i do like is having liz dozier here because she is -- she's at the heart of everything. and to me, the amount of courage and the amount of dignity she holds. but her motive, it's all about education. and she's doing what she can to force through the idea of how important education is. i think she's a stellar character. >> robert redford is executive producing this series.

it makes me wonder what you think of when you hear that. but also, what motivated you to want to sign on to having such a bright spotlight shined on you and your school to be part of this series? >> first of all, wow, can i get a copy of that. start there. >> we're on it. >> but i always felt fenger high school is a gold mine. these are children that have again all the promise and possibility within themselves. it's incumbent upon us as adults to bring that out. i knew the school could go from where it was to something way better. so i think if change can happen at fenger high school it can happen here and we can highlight that. it can happen anywhere in the du country. there are great principals across the country doing the same things we're doing at fenger seeing change for kids. >> so fun to have you on the show and highlight your story. >> thanks. >> people like you are the key to education. we talk about money and schools. and what needs to be done. it's all about the teachers. it's all about the people

involved. thank you. >> thank you so much. cnn's gripping new series "chicagoland" premieres tonight, 10:00, 9:00 central right here on cnn. coming up next, we're going to stay in chicago. and that's where we found the good stuff. we'll tell you about this message in the snow for one mom that wound up meaning so much more to so many. ♪

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might also be the only good thing about all that snow in chicago. this happened at rush university medical center where a message for a sick mom became so much more. you may remember it was a massive message carved into the top of the parking structure. it red mom, god bless with a smiley face in the "o." all people had to do was look up to the hospital room of sherry hart who is undergoing leukemia. the message was the idea of her 14-year-old son will. >> i thought it would be nice for my mom to see it and for others to feel happy. >> when i saw what he wrote it was just proud and amazed he could think of doing something as spectacular as that for me. it was a big proud mommy moment. >> that's good stuff for a son right there and his mom. even better, the rest of the patients. turns out the message cheered up everybody. >> looking up in the windows and

we could see all the people looking down. we kind of knew that a lot of people were appreciating it. >> will wanted to do more and that took a lot of work as it was when he found out how much people liked the son. he tried to make it god bless you all but ran out of parking spaces. but he wanted to do the right thing and he did and he helped people. that's why will is the good stuff. not a bad use of snow. >> little things are the biggest things. >> you can see his footprints in between the words. adorable. >> it's a special edition because of "chicagoland." don't miss the premiere of "chicagoland." following the struggles and successes of a quintessential american city. when is it? tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central only on cnn. >> see liz dozier right there in the middle, the principal we were just talking to. she's the one to keep following. she's the good stuff. a busy news day. let's get you over for "newsroom" with jake tapper.

>> good morning. thanks for joining me in this special hour of cnn's newsroom. i'm jake tapper in for carol costello. we begin with breaking news out of washington, d.c. president obama and the state department slapped the first sank sanctions against those they think tor blame for the problems in ukraine. michelle kosinski has details. >> this is a huge day for planning and diplomacy. we have the u.n. security council meeting. all 28 european heads of state in an emergency meeting to discuss possible sanctions against russia. we know the u.s. has taken the lead in much of that diplomacy. this morning, took that a step further to action. the president just signed this executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with the threat in ukraine. and imposing sanctions. first of all, freezing the assets of people deemed by the u.s. goveren